Tickets on sale for LCC Athletic Banquet

The LCC Runnin' Lopes Athlete Appreciation Dinner is slated for Tuesday, April 10 at 6 p.m. in the gymnasium of the LCC Wellness Center.

Tickets are on sale and can be purchased from any LCC Booster Board Member. Tickets are $15 per person. Call Lee Robinson at 688-9095 or 336-4676 or contact Pat Palmer, Richard Weber, or Craig Brooks.

The featured speaker will be former Major League Baseball player Ed Hearn. He has received awards and high praise for his inspirational talks.

Hearn is the first and only, current or former professional athlete from the four major sports to receive the prestigious CSP speaking designation.

He spent 8 ½ years persevering in the minor leagues.

Hearn was a member of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets.

After a superb rookie season as a catcher for the Mets, he was traded to the Kansas City Royals for a young pitcher named David Cone.

Shortly into that season, he had major shoulder surgery and spent the next three years attempting a comeback.

In the Spring of 1991, no more opportunities came for him in baseball.

Just three short months after he began his new career in the business world, Hearn was diagnosed with three very serious and potentially life threatening illnesses that made his should injury pale by comparison.

He had gone from being a big, strong professional athlete to a man who was too weak to get out of bed without assistance.

Today, after three life-saving kidney trasnsplants, dialysis, cancer, the aid of a breathing machine each night, and a 25-40 pills a day ($40,000 of meds. per year), Hearn has come back to live a life which is truly an inspiration to all those around him.

As a man and professional speaker, his courage, faith, motivation, and willingness to be openly vulnerable in relating to his audiences the good, the bad, and the ugly.

He speaks volumes to those facing life's challenges in pursuit of the happiness and success that all desire.

While in Lamar, Hearn will visit and speak at area high schools. He will visit Wiley High School on Monday, April 9 at 11:48 a.m. and then will visit Granada High School the same day at 1:30 p.m.

Hearn will speak at Holly High School at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 10.

Join in support of the LCC Booster Club as the money raised from the banquet goes towards athletic scholarships.

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